Impact of population dynamics on Margalla Hills Ecosystem:a community-level case study
Impact of population dynamics on Margalla Hills Ecosystem:a community-level case study作者机构：Department of Environmental SciencesPir Mehr Ali Shah University of Arid Agriculture
出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Population,Resources and Environment》 (中国人口·资源与环境（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2014年第12卷第4期
页 面：345-353页
主 题：Margalla hills forest cutting ordination analysis ecological restoration demographic pressure Islamabad
摘 要：Margalla Hills National Park(MHNP) is a declared natural reserve of Pakistan,and Saidpur village is located at its *** sustain livelihood,Saidpur community relies on natural resources and has established an intriguing relationship with the surrounding *** intrusion and related impacts were investigated through self-structured questionnaire from village community to gather information about demography,life practices,natural resource use,and their perception about the *** analysis revealed that the overall plant density was4 plants/m^2,whereas ordination biplot has indicated significant reduction in plant cover and sparse distribution of species in areas close to human *** results show that more than 50%families rely on forest wood as fuel *** regression has identified education paucity(odds ratio,OR=2.6,95%confidence interval,CI=1.0-6.7),large family size(OR= 5.0,95%CI=1.5-16.6),and fuel type(OR=3.5,95%CI=1.2-9.9)as significant predictors of accelerated forest cutting in *** members were mostly illiterate and in favor to promote construction activities which reflects their low concern and casual attitude toward resource *** this study,lack of awareness and peoples dependency on natural resources emerged as priority challenges,and hence,we suggest provision of alternate fuel sources,better education and sustained income resources as incentives to bring behavioral *** is pivotal to involve local community before the adoption of any conservation plan as intervention strategy to protect MHNP ecosystem.
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